World Hip Hop Dance Championship: Varsity Division Results Announced

The top-scoring ten crews from the Varsity Division prelims will advance to Sunday's finals competition. Keep a close eye on those numbers... they were super close... who knows what's to come??

Advancing to the finals (final scores listed below):

UNDERCOVER (France): 8.23

Undercover

IRRATIK (Canada): 8.22

Irratik

REQUEST (New Zealand): 8.09

Request

FUNK BEYOND CONTROL (United States): 7.78

Funk Beyond Control

DZIAH 2.0 (New Zealand): 7.63

Dziah 2.0

KANA BOON! (Japan): 7.62

Kana Boon!

LEGIT STATUS (Philippines): 7.50

Legit Status

HURRICANES (Italy): 7.40

Hurricanes

NEUTRAL ZONE VARSITY (Mexico): 7.39

Neutral Zone Varsity

LAS 8 SUPERNENAS (Spain): 7.31

Las 8 Supernenas

MYZTIKAL (United Kingdom): 7.31

Myztikal

PHYZIKAL GRAFFI-T (United States): 7.31

Phyzikal Graffi-T

All additional standings and scores:

UNTAMED (South Africa): 7.25
BREAKTHROUGH (United States): 7.23
GHETTO FABULOUS (Ireland): 7.17
ILLEST-VIBE (Canada): 7.08
JUNIOR FUNK STAR (Japan): 7.00
FEARLESS DANCE KREW (New Zealand): 6.91
KSTAR VARSITY (Australia): 6.91
UP2U (Australia): 6.81
RAPTURE CREW (Ireland): 6.81
PROJECT ONE (Canada): 6.76
MASTAZZ (Switzerland): 6.74
GUM-Q (Japan): 6.55
DC CREW (Australia): 6.53
TWITCH (South Africa): 6.53
DNA (United Kingdom): 6.45
MAGNETIC JAM MESSENGERS (Germany): 6.39
NEXT DOOR BOYS (Italy): 6.35
LUCKY JEANS (Switzerland): 6.31
ANEXAR (Philippines): 6.25
MUGRE (Mexico): 6.16
GHETTO BLASTER (Switzerland): 6.13
STREET FEET (Denmark): 6.12
IN CONTROL (Netherlands): 6.06
REEL STYLE (Mexico): 5.81
BLACKOUT (Trinidad & Tobago): 5.71
BK CITY KIDS (Germany): 5.68
MIND THE GAP (Italy): 5.61
BANDA ILYICHA (Russia): 5.01
IMPACTO URBANO (Brazil): 4.00

Congratulations to all of the Varsity competitors!



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Varsity Is Versatile

We've got 41 teams vying for the top spots in the Varsity preliminaries, which began at 1pm today.

Our fierce competitors come in all shapes and sizes, and speak all different languages--but everyone's here to show their fiercest and finest.

Competing now:

IMPACTO URBANO (Brazil)
BANDA ILYICHA (Russia)
DNA (United Kingdom)
UNTAMED (South Africa)
REEL STYLE (Mexico)
BREAKTHROUGH (United States)
RAPTURE CREW (Ireland)
GUM-Q (Japan)
ANEXAR (Philippines)
BK CITY KIDS (Germany)
UP2U (Australia)
MUGRE (Mexico)
NEUTRAL ZONE VARSITY (Mexico)
BLACKOUT (Trinidad & Tobago)
NEXT DOOR BOYS (Italy)
TWITCH (South Africa)
DC CREW (Australia)
MYZTIKAL (United Kingdom)
DZIAH 2.0 (New Zealand)
FUNK BEYOND CONTROL (United States)
MIND THE GAP (Italy)
KANA BOON! (Japan)
KSTAR VARSITY (Australia)
FEARLESS DANCE KREW (New Zealand)
PROJECT ONE (Canada)
MAGNETIC JAM MESSENGERS (Germany)
ILLEST-VIBE (Canada)
REQUEST (New Zealand)
PHYZIKAL GRAFFI-T (United States)
IN CONTROL (The Netherlands)
LUCKY JEANS (Switzerland)
JUNIOR FUNK STAR TEAM (Japan)
HURRICANES (Italy)
STREET FEET (Denmark)
MASTAZZ (Switzerland)
IRRATIK (Canada)
GHETTO FABULOUS (Ireland)
LEGIT STATUS (Philippines)
UNDERCOVER (France)
GHETTO BLASTER (Switzerland)
LAS 8 SUPERNENAS (Spain)

Head Judge: Natasha Jean-Bart
Judiciary Director: Ian Levia
Performance Judges: Shane Sparks, Alexandra Lande, Jesselee Santos Denyse Nagee, Margherita Vasselli
Skill Judges: Tony GoGo, Luther Brown, Devon Marlink, Dennis Danehy

We wish everyone in the running good luck!

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World Hip Hop Dance Championship: Junior Division Finalists Announced

Every single dancer on the stage today was amazing--but this is, after all, a battle for the world's top honor.

The top-scoring six crews from the Junior Division prelims will advance to Sunday's finals competition.

Advancing to the finals (final scores listed below):

LIL PHUNK BOYS (United States): 7.67

Lil Phunk Boyz

DE JA VU (New Zealand): 7.52

De Ja Vu

MONSOON (Japan): 7.45

Monsoon

FRESHH (Canada): 7.39

Freshh

RNG (United States): 7.33

RNG

KANI KREW (New Zealand): 7.27

Kani Krew

All additional standings and scores:

FIERCE BUT CUTE (United States): 6.98
RAPTURE JRS. (Ireland): 6.88
KAPEESH (New Zealand) 6.76
PITBULL (Italy): 6.37
LIL HUSTLERS (Ireland): 6.37
KSTAR JUNIORS (Australia): 6.30
FLOOR ASSASSINS (South Africa): 5.92
MINI SHADOW (Mexico): 5.87
ICE COLD (United Kingdom): 5.84
BREAK OUT (South Africa): 5.72
SERAPHIN ANGELS (United Kingdom): 5.64
SZAL LOLLIPOPS (Poland): 5.63
SUPERSTARS (Mexico): 5.59
SPIRIT DANCE JR. (Mexico) 5.57
UNDAGROUND CREW (United Kingdom): 5.44
B-ZONE (Denmark): 5.27
LIL SOUL STYLES (France): 4.80

Congratulations, everyone!

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They May Be Small, But They Do It All

Junior Division World Prelims began at 10am today, and the competition is stiff!

Taking the stage today in hopes of advancing to Sunday's finals are the following crews:

LIL SOUL STYLE (France)
SERAPHIN ANGELS (United Kingdom)
RAPTURE JRS (Ireland)
SZAL LOLLIPOPS (Poland)
B-ZONE (Denmark)
KAPEESH (New Zealand)
MINI SHADOW (Mexico)
SPIRIT DANCE JR. (Mexico)
LIL PHUNK BOYS (United States)
DE JA VU (New Zealand)
PITBULL (Italy)
UNDAGROUND CREW (United Kingdom)
FLOOR ASSASSINS (South Africa)
FRESHH (Canada)
MONSOON! (Japan)
KSTAR JUNIORS (Australia)
LIL HUSTLERS (Ireland)
FIERCE BUT CUTE (United States)
RNG (US), SUPERSTARS (Mexico)
ICE COLD (United Kingdom)
KANI CREW (New Zealand)
BREAK OUT (South Africa)

Head Judge: Ian Levia/Natasha Jean-Bart
Artistic Panel Judges: Alexandra Lande (Canada), Jesselee Santos (United States), Khalid Freeman (United States), Margherita Vasselli (Italy)
Technical Panel Judges: Tony GoGo (Japan), Benito Dean (Netherlands), Andre Calitz (South Africa), Dennis Danehy (United States)

...Wish all of the competitors good luck!

We've Only Just Begun

Greetings from Hip Hop International in beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada!

The energy is palpable as crews arrive from all over the world to compete in the World Hip Hop Dance Championship--the planet's biggest and most prestigious Hip Hop dance battle.

Below, a few highlights from tonight's orientation:



Stay tuned for more updates, interviews, and special moments from this incredible weekend!

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